Thursday, November 1, 2007

Korea jumped 12 rungs to number 11 in the latest annual Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. The WEF said that Korea showed the greatest improvement of the 131 nations on the list. This year's ranking is Korea's best ever since the WEF released the first index in 1996. Previously it saw its ranking fall two years in a row, in 2005 and 2006.

The WEF said that Korea showed strong performance in higher education and training and did fairly well in technological readiness, innovation, macroeconomic stability, and business sophistication. However, it scored low in health, financial market sophistication, and safety/security.

Overall, good show South Korea! Click on the picture above for a link to the 2007-2008 Global Competitiveness Index.

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I'm an L.A. native who lived in the Land of the Morning Calm, South Korea, for a bit too long. I had a great time while I was there. I have a B.A. and law degree, but I earned a master's in international studies at Ewha Womans University. It was then I discovered that I love writing, thanks to this blog, and the things that grew out of writing it. For those who need to know where Korea is located. Korea is a peninsula that is split into two countries (North Korea and South Korea). It's located in NE Asia between Japan and Taiwan. It's below the eastern coast of China and Russia.
I moved back from NYC in 2011. It was exciting but definitely challenging. I "made" it in NYC and well, as the song says.
I'm back in the SF Bay area now. I'm now a Program Manager – Marketing Events at Salesforce on their Developer Community team.
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